Musk asking Twitter users whether he should step down as CEO

US tech tycoon Elon Musk has launched a Twitter poll asking users whether he should resign as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the social media platform.

"Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll," Musk tweeted on Sunday.

As of around 00:00 GMT on Monday, over 2.5 million people have participated in the poll, with around 57% being in favor of Musk’s resignation as CEO of Twitter.

Appearing to comment on these early results, Musk said in another tweet "As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get it."

In late October, Tesla boss Musk finalized the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. Following the takeover, Musk changed the company's day-to-day operations, including the termination of Twitter executives who were responsible for the platform's privacy, cybersecurity and censorship, as well as about two-thirds of Twitter's employees.

Musk has said that a special council "with widely diverse viewpoints" would be set up to moderate the platform.

Before posting the Sunday poll on his potential stepping down as head of Twitter, Musk tweeted that, from now on, "there will be a vote for major policy changes" on the social media platform.

Earlier in the day, Twitter announced a new policy, banning users from linking to their accounts on other platforms. It is not known if Musk's decision to post the poll was the result of that decision, which received significant criticism from Twitter users as soon as it was announced.